County Executive Leggett Welcomes Alan Gross Home

Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett released the following statement about the release of Alan Gross:

“I am delighted by the release of Montgomery County resident Alan Gross by the Cuban government.

“As I and many others have said in the past, he should never have been arrested in the first place. His only ‘crime’ was lending a hand to the Cuban people.

“Today, his release has come. What a wonderful Hannukah present!

“I strongly support President Obama’s decision to normalize relations between the United States and Cuba. That normalization is long overdue and will benefit both the Cuban and American people. We are neighbors. We should be friends, not enemies. Now we have that chance again.

“Welcome home, Alan Gross. Congratulations to his family and to all those others who have fought so hard to win his freedom.”Related:

Alan Gross, a Potomac resident who was held captive in Cuba for five years before his release on Dec. 17, met with members of the Montgomery County Council and County Executive Ike Leggett on May 7 “as part of his tour to thank all of those who supported me during that time.” Gross talked about […]

Photos of famous Cuban-Americans and plaques with names of Cuban professors, journalists, and business people, adorn the walls of The Cuban Corner, a family-owned restaurant that has been opened in Rockville for the past 19 years. The smell of spices and seasoning from its famous ropa vieja- shredded beef with rice, beans- along with Cuban music […]

Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett released the following statement about the release of Alan Gross: “I am delighted by the release of Montgomery County resident Alan Gross by the Cuban government. “As I and many others have said in the past, he should never have been arrested in the first place. His only ‘crime’ was […]

Alan Gross, a USAID subcontractor who lived in Potomac, was released from a Cuban prison on Dec. 17 as part of an agreement between the U.S. and Cuba. Gross spent more than five years in a Cuba prison. He was arrested in December 2009. After arriving on American soil, Gross talked to reporters at a press conference where […]

U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) today heralded the release of Marylander Alan Gross from his imprisonment in Cuba since December 3, 2009. “I was so pleased to be at Andrews AFB this morning to welcome Alan Gross as he touched ground back in the United States of America. ‎I am so honored to be […]

Maryland Congressman Chris Van Hollen (D-8th) issued the following statement announcing Alan Gross’s return home and President Barack Obama’s opening to Cuba: “Today, it brings me great joy to join with Judy Gross and Senators Leahy and Flake to bring my friend Alan Gross home from Cuba after his five years in prison. This day […]

UPDATED: President Barack Obama is scheduled to make a statement at noon today on the release of Alan Gross from a Cuban prison. Marylander Alan Gross has been released from a Cuban prison and is on his way back to the U.S. You can watch the statement here. According to media reports, Gross was imprisoned […]

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